The Mayor of Luckenwalde, eastern Germany, has sacked a Palestinian intern for refusing to remove her headscarf at work. Elisabeth Herzog-von der Heide said the garment violated the neutrality of the town hall. Local German newspaper “Märkische Allgemeine” reported on Wednesday that the 48-year-old Palestinian woman was fired from her six-week internship with the “Perspectives for refugees” project after just one day. […] Christian Democratic Union (CDU) politician Sven Petke criticized Herzog-von der Heide's decision. “There are no legal grounds for this decision,” Petke said, adding that Germany’s Federal Constitutional Court had ruled that personal beliefs and their connection to...